Technique
technique:plaintext_password_storage
Also: clear-text password storage
Storing passwords in readable form rather than hashed or encrypted form, as RockYou did before the breach.
Storing passwords in readable form rather than hashed or encrypted form, as RockYou did before the breach.
“RockYou had been storing the user passwords in clear text.”
“not encrypted, not hashed, not secure at all”
RockYou USES Plaintext password storage
RockYou stored user passwords and social-media credentials in clear text rather than hashing or encrypting them.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 33 Details
“RockYou had been storing the user passwords in clear text”